Parasol-holder for children s carriages



(No Model.)

B. WARD.

PARASOL HOLDER FOR OHILDRENS GARRIAGES. 7 No. 336,363. Pate ted Feb. 16, 1886 p INVENTOR WITNESSES: W W 2 WWW w ATTORNEYS.

ROBERT \VARD, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

PARASOL=HOLDER FOR CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,363, dated February 16, 1886.

Application filed December 2, 1885. Serial No. 184,470. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT WARD, of Lawrence, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Parasol-Holders for Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the annexed drawing, forming a part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, easily manipulated, and inexpensive device for attachment to childrens carriages for carrying aparasol for the protection of the person propelling the carriage.

Myinvention consists of a clamp adjnstably secured to the cross-bar orhandle of a childs carriage, and carrying an adjustable rod having at the end thereof a movable clamp for holding the staff of the parasol.

- A sleeve, A, having a plane surface, a, on one side thereof, is fitted to the cross-bar or handle B of a childs carriage, and is slotted transversely through the convex side for receiving a bolt, b,which projects from the ban dle B, and is provided with a wing nut, c, which bears upon a washer, d, resting against the convex surface of the sleeve. The bolt 1) is preferablyinserted in the middle of the handle B; but, if desirable, it may be located at any other point alongthe handle; orit may be secured to one or the other of the side bars, 0. To the plane side a of the sleeve A is pivoted an arm, D, on the stud c, projecting from the sleeve A. The free end of the arm D is widened and provided with a curved slot,

through which a threaded stud,f, projects from the plane face a of the sleeve A, and is provided with a wing-nut, 9. Between the slotted end and the pivot of the arm D is formed a socket, h, for receiving the rod 2, which is clamped in any desired position in the socket by a thumb-screw,j. The upper end of the rod 2' is flattened and apertured to receive a threaded stud, is, projecting from the rightangled arm Z of the clamp E. The right-angled arm Zof the clamp E carries one half, m, of a cylindrical clamp, the other half, a, be-

I -ing pivoted to the end of a thumb-screw, 0,

extending through the rightangled arm Z. The stafi' of the parasol is received between the parts at n of the clamp E, and secured by turning the screw 0. The clamp E may be turned at any desired angle relative to the rod t, and may be clamped by means of the wingnut 70 on the stud 7c, and the rod i may be turned around in its socket, and inclined at any desired angle by turning the arm D on its pivot; The arm D,when in the desired position, is secured by the wing-nut g.

A further adjustment of the parasol is secured by turning the sleeve A upon the ham dle B of the carriage, the sleeve being clamped in the required position by the wing-nut 0.

Then it is desired to use the carriage without using the parasol-holder, the rod 2' may be removed from the socket h, and the sleeve A may, without inconvenience, be left upon the handle B.

To protect the parasol-handle against injury by the clamp, I provide a soft lining, P, which prevents the contact of the metal parts of the clamp with the handle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a parasol-holder for a childs carriage, the combination of the sleeve A, adjustably secured to the handle of the carriage, and provided with an adjustable arm,D, the rod t', held in a socket, h, of the arm D, and an adjustable clamp, E, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a parasol-holder for a childs carriage, the combination of the sleeve A, having a plane side, a, and slotted transversely, as described, the arm D, pivoted to the sleeve,and provided with a slotted end for receiving the clamping-studf, and carrying a socket, h, the rod 2', inserted in the socket h, and the clamp E, formed of two adjustable semi-cylindrical halves, and provided with a clamping-screw, 0, substantially as herein specified.

3. In a parasol-holder for a childs carriage, the combination of the slotted sleeve A, clamping-bolt 1), adjustable arm D, having a socket, h, provided with a set-screw, j, the rod 1', adjustable clamp E, formed of two parts, at n, the part in having a right-angled arm, Z, and carrying the screw 0, which is pivoted to the movable part n, substantially as shown and described.

ROBERT WARD.

Vitnesses:

FRANK L. PORTER, ARETAS R. SANBQRN. 

